It's a key European 3G handset for the company with UK network operator, Orange. Usefully, the 'I' model answers some of the criticism directed at the previous 750 model by WAP Insight. However, when we searched for radical updates in the new model, we found none. It's a tad lighter by 1g and silver instead of black with a slightly more rounded look. But not much else. So, the overall conclusion is that it's basically a bug fix and marketing manoeuvre.

Very sensibly, Sanyo has opted to supply a memory card (32 MB) and USB cable as standard with this new version. You still have to download the 750i's associated synchronisation software, Intellisync, from the Sanyo Web site, though.

The USB drivers seemed to work better, too. This time it seemed very easy to use the 750i as a kind of USB memory stick. If you read the manual carefully, it tells you where to save the music files, etc. So you can drag and drop from a PC onto the handset's memory card.

However, what is the use of extra storage if the handset itself can't leverage it?. Despite going through all the obvious Settings menus, WAP Insight just couldn't seem to persuade the S750i to take full advantage of its new storage capacity. For example, why bother to bundle the removable memory card when the browser positively refused to acknowledge its existence? We tried downloading a large file video file but the handset kept reporting a lack of available space.

What Sanyo does appear to have done, is re-jig the handset's Bluetooth support. The options to connect a Bluetooth headset have gone to the top of the Bluetooth menu. And, as it turned out, it was easy to get it to recognise the existence of a Bluetooth headset WAP Insight rates highly – the Motorola HS850. A tip here. If you want the handset to autoanswer incoming calls when the Bluetooth headset is connected, change the profile over to 'car'. It's a much simpler approach than some Nokias offer where you have to drill deep into the menu system to achieve the same result.

Orange offers a unique (in the UK) service called Line 2. This allows you to have two entirely separate telephone numbers on the same SIM card. Somewhat strangely, the S750i showed a voicemail message being available on Line 2 but the 750i stalwartly refused to change to the Line 2. Trying the same trick with a regular 2.5G SIM card (rather than the 3G USIM card as supplied) and it switched immediately over to Line 2. Is this an obscure bug with the Orange 3G network, WAP Insight wonders?

Our overall impression is that Sanyo took criticism to heart and fixed the bugs – especially with its Bluetooth facility. As a phone, the S750i has some very clever features. For example, there's an 'accessibility' setting which automatically invokes large font sizes. That's very useful for people who refuse to wear their glasses when using a mobile phone. We wouldn't now claim the S750i is a brilliant data enabled handset, but it's previously rough edges have definitely been smoothed off.

See also ... Sanyo S750 - data lets it down . Review: Sanyo S70i

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